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Hymn Pan Alley - Movement #1

Jeff Newell's New-Trad Octet playing the 1st movement of "Hymn Pan Alley," based on hymns by 19th-Century Fort Greene, Brooklyn, composers. Photos by Ned Lochaya from their concert at Lafayette Ave. Presbyterian Church

The Lambs March

Jeff Newell's New-Trad Octet presenting "On the Stump," a program of Presidential Campaign songs, political issue songs and patriotic music at Hofstra University, the site of the historic debate between Barack Obama and John McCain.

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“Brownstone” celebrates the brass band tradition of that bygone era when hymns and marches were the popular music of the day—played on parade grounds, in churches, & gazebos across the US. The Octet takes a reverent yet contemporary look at our musical heritage, when ragtime and other styles sowed the seeds of syncopation that blossomed into jazz.